Fagg, Fred D. (Fred Dow), 1896-1981

Fred Dow Fagg, Jr., was born on July 30, 1896, in Brooklyn, New York, son of Fred and Ida Alzina (Chase) Fagg. Fagg was an economics instructor at Northwestern University while in law school at NU. In 1929 Fagg returned to NU as a law professor, where he remained until 1947. During this time Fagg founded the Air Law Institute in Chicago and the Journal of Air Law. He was also a member of the Illinois Aeronautics Commission. Fagg left NU in 1947 to become the President of the University of Southern California.

After attending the San Diego Army and Navy Academy in Pacific Beach, California, Fagg entered the University of Redlands, Redlands, California. Caught up in the enthusiasm for the United States getting into World War I he left during has sophomore year to enlist in the U. S. Army Signal Corps. He completed his ground school training at Berkeley, California in December, 1917, and then was assigned to Rockwell Field in San Diego for flight training. His instructor at Rockwell also trained Jimmy Doolittle. Fagg received his advanced flight training at Ellington Field, near Houston, Texas. After being commissioned a second lieutenant he was assigned to the 92nd Aero Squadron, U.S.A.E.F., and in September, 1918, flew night patrols across the English Channel looking for German zeppelins.

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